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Thanks Seven!

DNS Blocking? Do you mean blocking any requests to known 'bad' DNS servers? I'm confused...

Or that you have DNS Servers blocking remote content - Advert, Tracker, Malvertising, Mobile Ads, et. al.?

If so, what are the DNS servers? Would be good to check latency to see if they are geographically close like others (e.g. Comodo 250ms, Yandex 300ms, 'Alternate DNS' 250ms vs. AdGuard 25ms.). So very very fast responses and low latency.

I have not seen any of the new features of AdClear as was using the Play Store donate version. As far as I remember, it only integrated into Android Browser, Chrome, Yandex and other chromium-based browsers??

So you have a Firewall built in to AdClear now? Similar to the Play and non-Play versions of AdGuard?

Here is a little project I started some time ago, you may or may not know of them all but thought you'd find the sources helpful...

However the project as a whole just was not practical - given how nearly everything bypasses the hosts these days, plus the enourmous task updating every computer, fighting locked hosts files, changing permissions on folders/files etc., so was not a feasible solution. It has around ~400,000 lines optimised at 7MB (35,000 lines w/ comments) and uses 25 lists from 16 sources.

Obviously the biggest advantage of AdGuard on Windows & Android is the fact you can subscribe to lists (and custom lists of URLs to text files or other subscriptions) for element-based content blocking, instead of whole domains. So after that switch I gave up on maintaining the hosts file and updating client servers and machines. Ironically, I could not find any affordable commercail-grade solutions.

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# | CUSTOM HOST RECORDS: Insert Custom Records & Block / Override Resolution. |
# | Example: Make domains resolve to an internal I.P. '12.23.34.45' |
# | 12.23.34.45 example.dev company.com clients.local dev.local |
# #===========================================================================#<?
0.0.0.0 localhost localhost.local localhost.localdomain
::1 localhost localhost.local localhost.localdomain
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
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# | CUSTOM CONTENT BLOCK LIST | ANALYTICS, ADVERTS, BANNERS & IFRAMES, ETC... |
# | +-------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ |
# | | ADD CUSTOM BLOCKING ENTRIES BELOW! | UPDATED 2018.__.__ | |
# #===========================================================================#<?
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# e.g. Facebook, Google, Pinterest, Linkedin, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Intellitxt, Doubleclick, 2o7.
# Anything not already blocked by maintained lists below.
#?>
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# #===========================================================================#
# | 25-IN-1 MALICIOUS SERVER & HOSTNAME BLOCK LIST! |
# | Consolidated List of Advertising, Malware, Spyware, Phishing, Hijacker, |
# | Analytics, Privacy Tracker, Bad Network, Exploit, Malicious Server Hosts. |
# | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
# | | RE-COMPILED, CONSOLIDATED & UPDATED QUARTERLY! 402,738 @ 2017.08.22 | |
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# Includes the following server host name block-lists:
# -> Badd Boyz Hosts (GitHub.com/MitchellKrogza) Adverts Malware 2017.08.21.388 ~8,027;
# -> BlockZilla (BlockZilla.Jimdo.com GitHub.com/Zpacman) ATS Adverts/Trackers vD60 2017.08.01 ~446;
# -> Cameleon (SysCtl.org) ATS Adverts/Trackers 2017.04.05 ~21,271;
# -> Dan Pollock (SomeoneWhoCares.org) Adverts Trackers Spyware Malware 2017.08.15 ~8,554;
# -> Disconnect (Disconnect.me) Adverts Malware 2017.08.20 ~5,555;
# -> hpHosts (Hosts-File.net) ATS Adverts/Trackers 2017.08.08 ~48,021;
# -> hpHosts (Hosts-File.net) EMD Malware 2017.08.22 ~171,561;
# -> hpHosts (Hosts-File.net) EXP Exploits 2017.07.07 ~12,318;
# -> hpHosts (Hosts-File.net) HJK Hijackers 2017.06.11 ~74;
# -> KADHosts [w/o .PL] (GitHub.com/Azet12) Adverts Malware Fraud Scams 2017.07.31 ~665;
# -> Malware Domains (MalwareDomains.com) Malicious Malware Exploits 2017.06.13 ~24,842;
# -> Malware Domains List (MalwareDomainList.com) Phishing Malware Exploits 2017.07.29 ~1,152;
# -> MVPS (WinHelp2002.MVPS.org) Malicious Exploit Malware Parasites 2017.08.08 ~13,173;
# -> Peter Lowe (Pgl.YoYo.org) ATS Adverts/Trackers 2017.08.21 ~2,451;
# -> Secure Mecca BadHosts.msw (SecureMecca.com) Malware Exploit 2016.12.28 ~22,663;
# -> SPAM 404 (Spam404.com) SPAM & Scams 2017.08.16 ~5,883;
# -> Spybot S&D (Safer-Networking.org) Adverts Spyware 2017.08.15 ~15,629;
# -> Steven Black (GitHub.com/StevenBlack) Adverts Malware 2017.08.21 ~38,307;
# -> Zeus IP BlockList (iBlockList.com ZeusTracker.Abuse.ch) Adverts Malware 2017.08.17 ~2,146;
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# >> Badd Boyz Hosts - Adverts Malware #<?
# https://github.com/mitchellkrogza/Badd-Boyz-Hosts/blob/master/hosts
0.0.0.0 000free.us 000owamail0.000webhostapp.com 007angels.com ...
# << Badd Boyz Hosts #?>
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# >> BlockZilla - ATS Adverts/Trackers #<?
# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zpacman/Blockzilla/master/Blockzilla.txt
0.0.0.0 204st.us 247realmedia.com 360yield.com 3gl.net ...
# << BlockZilla #?>
#
# >> Cameleon - ATS Adverts/Trackers #<?
# http://sysctl.org/cameleon/hosts.win
0.0.0.0 000dom.revenuedirect.com 000info.com 005.free-counter.co.uk 006.free-counter.co.uk ...
# << Cameleon #?>
#
# >> Dan Pollock - Adverts Trackers Spyware Malware #<?
# http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/
0.0.0.0 ------ some very 'lude' domain names ------
# << Dan Pollock #?>
#
# >> Disconnect - Adverts Trackers Malware #<?
# https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_ad.txt | /simple_malware.txt | /simple_tracking.txt | /simple_malvertising.txt
0.0.0.0 0000mps.webpreview.dsl.net 0001.2waky.com 001wen.com ...
# << Disconnect #?>
#
# >> hpHosts - ATS Adverts/Trackers #<?
# https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt
0.0.0.0 007.go2cloud.org 00zasdf.pw 0427d7.se 050003.voodoo.com ...
# << hpHosts ATS #?>
#
# >> hpHosts - EMD Malware #<?
# https://hosts-file.net/emd.txt
0.0.0.0 0.gvt0.com 000-101.org 00005ik.rcomhost.com 0000663c.tslocosumo.us ...
# << hpHosts EMD #?>
#
# >> hpHosts - EXP Exploits #<?
# https://hosts-file.net/exp.txt
0.0.0.0 0asisdating.com 0lost.littleriverretreat.net 119ex3.focot.focus-outdoors.com ...
# << hpHosts EXP #?>
#
# >> hpHosts - HJK Hijackers #<?
# https://hosts-file.net/hjk.txt
0.0.0.0 100ksearches.com 17173.com 51.net 51115.com ...
# << hpHosts HJK #?>
#
# >> KADHosts [w/o .PL] - Adverts Malware Fraud Scams #<?
# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/azet12/KADhosts/master/KADhosts.txt
0.0.0.0 maendo.tv msphacks.net motifiles.com www.fajnefanty.com ...
# << KADHosts #?>
#
# >> Malware Domains - Malicious Malware Exploits #<?
0.0.0.0 00-lawyer.com 019201.webcindario.com 01lm.com 021id.net ...
# << Malware Domains #?>
#
# >> Malware Domains List - Phishing Malware Exploits #<?
# http://malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt
0.0.0.0 0koryu0.easter.ne.jp above.e-rezerwacje24.pl achren.org ads.wikipartes.com ...
# << Malware Domains List #?>
#
# >> MVPS - Malicious Exploit Malware Parasites #<?
# http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt
0.0.0.0 ad.activesolutions.cz cms.ad2click.nl tag1.adaptiveads.com www.adbanner.ro ...
# << MVPS #?>
#
# >> Peter Lowe - ATS Adverts/Trackers #<?
# https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&mimetype=plaintext&useip=0.0.0.0&showintro=1
0.0.0.0 abruptroad.com actuallysheep.com acuty1adsrv.com adincube.com ...
# << Peter Lowe #?>
#
# >> Secure Mecca BadHosts - Malware Exploit #<?
# http://www.securemecca.com/Downloads/hosts.txt
0.0.0.0 www.00webcams.com www.0427d7.se 0c9d8370d.se www.0c9d8370d.se ...
# << Secure Mecca BadHosts #?>
#
# >> SPAM 404 - SPAM & Scams #<?
# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dawsey21/Lists/master/adblock-list.txt
0.0.0.0 astucetriche.fr bestgamesfiles.com booshare.net burnshare.net ...
# << SPAM 404 #?>
#
# >> Spybot S&D - Adverts Spyware #<?
# Start of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy
0.0.0.0 www.007guard.com 007guard.com 008i.com www.008k.com ...
# << Spybot S&D #?>
#
# >> Steven Black - Adverts Malware #<?
# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
0.0.0.0 30-day-change.com adsmws.cloudapp.net apps.id.net data.cnn.com ...
# << Steven Black #?>
#
# >> Zeus IP BlockList - Advert Malware #<?
# https://www.iblocklist.com/lists
0.0.0.0 a2.tp-media.se addcontrol.net adrenaline.cz ads.raasnet.com ...
# << Zeus IP BlockList #?>
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